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  • March 3, 2009 | Legal Times

    Some Justice Dept. Lawyers Have Gitmo Conflicts

    More than a dozen new Justice Department lawyers have come from private firms representing Guantanamo Bay detainees, creating potential conflicts of interest as the agency begins its review of roug

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  • September 6, 2004 | Legal Times

    Inadmissible: Terri's Law; AIPAC To-Do; Judge Jackson's Parting Gift; and More

    IN RIGHT-TO-DIE CASE, A QUESTION OF TIMINGNo, it wasn't a replay of the 2000 Florida election litigation you saw Aug. 31 on C-SPAN. It was the same Florida Supreme Court o

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  • August 31, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Massachusetts case may be key in gay marriage fight

    While the high-profile, Ted Olson- and David Boies-managed legal fight against California's Proposition 8 captures headlines, a carefully planned case quietly underway in Massachusetts federa

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  • March 30, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Let's Fix It

    "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Great adage for toasters, but is that really the standard you want for, say, airplanes? Let's not worry about fixing the plane until it breaks

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  • September 20, 2004 | National Law Journal

    Lowest Common Privilege

    Most of us have taken but one bar exam; one was quite enough, thank you. But we have a national practice; we are routinely admitted in courts outside our home state. And, when we fill ou

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  • January 10, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Efficient Definitions

    Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, a drunk and an efficient lawyer are walking together when they spot a $100 bill on the pavement. Who gets the bill? Duh. It is the drunk; all the others ar

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  • June 20, 2005 | Legal Times

    On the Record with Ann Kappler

    Ann Kappler is executive vice president and general counsel of the Federal National Mortgage Association, more commonly known as Fannie Mae. The government-chartered mortgage company has

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  • January 25, 2011 | Daily Business Review

    When are employees' online postings fair game?

    On Oct. 27, 2010, the National Labor Relations Board issued an unfair labor practice complaint alleging that a company illegally fired an employee for posting negative comments about her su

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  • July 19, 2004 | National Law Journal

    Sworn Mulligans

    Ah, wouldn't life be grand if we had a redo button. But, except for golf, where we duffers have institutionalized the mulligan in total abrogation of the actual rules of the game, there

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  • February 29, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    It Could Happen Again

    Two years ago, Anton Valukas issued a 2,200-page report that laid bare the accounting gimmicks that hid Lehman Brothers Holding, Inc.'s shaky finances. Valukas, the chair of Jenner & Bloc

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